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I was at the lgs looking around today and I was looking at a Sig 9mm from Germany and the guy mentioned how the US. made Sigs were not as good as the German imports. He mentioned that the rental Sigs (non German) were getting old and were not holding up as well as others. Is there any truth to this? Any personal experience? Thanks

I owned an Exeter, NH, USA P220 for about 5 years. I wouldn't say I shot the snot out of it, but it at least had a few thousand down the pipe. It really was one of the most accurate pistols I've ever owned. After being a 1911 guy for so many years, I could never get used to the DA / SA trigger, so I sold it. No complaints whatsoever.

Having said all that, it is my understanding that the fella (Ron Cohen) that IMHO ran Kimber into the ground now runs Sig USA and is pulling the same crap. Much better at marketing than making guns.

When I went in to my LGS to purchase a new American SIG P226 9mm the guy behind the counter fed me the same stuff about the German made SIGs being better and the reason being was he was trying to sell me a used German SIG P226 that was overpriced that he wanted to move. All of the internet BS and rumors getting spread has allowed the LGS to jack up the prices on the older German SIGs because some suckers are willing to buy anything the guy behind the counter is telling them or even worse something they read on the internet.

BTW, my American made "crap" SIG has functioned flawlessly for what it's worth.

I have both US and German and have not had a single problem with any of them. I don't follow the commendations of "most" LGS guys because of their lack of knowledge about guns. I had one tell me that CZ was crap?!?!?!

Thanks for the info. I've used this shop several times in the past and I was ready to buy the US made Sig and so I walked out with nothing until I got all my facts straight from GT. Now the toss up is P226 or P229?

SIG still makes an outstanding gun, IMO. I will say that they need to cut out the flashy, decorated models. Hell, they have like 50 versions of the p238 (rainbow, titanium, diamond plate, etc). Rather ridiculous. I wish they would stop doing that and just focus on producing nice pistols like they used to. A made in USA SIG is still a great gun.

SIG still makes an outstanding gun, IMO. I will say that they need to cut out the flashy, decorated models. Hell, they have like 50 versions of the p238 (rainbow, titanium, diamond plate, etc). Rather ridiculous. I wish they would stop doing that and just focus on producing nice pistols like they used to. A made in USA SIG is still a great gun.

I have a German P226 (9mm) and an American P220. Have several thousand rounds through each with no failures of any kind. On close examination/comparison, there is no difference in fit or finish between the two pistols. The P220 is my edc and I carry it with full confidence.

You'll have people say the US Sigs are okay to go and you'll have people make them out to be worst guns they ever fired. Which side is true? We'll never know. While I imagine the US Sigs are probably good, I would go with the German made one if I had the choice.

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